The History of Ancient Europe: With a View of the Revolutions in Asia and Africa. In a Series of Letters to a Young Nobleman, Volumen2H. Maxwell, Columbia-house, 1801 |
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... Asiatic city taken by storm , in ancient times , and which the conqueror was determined to brand with exemplary vengeance . The Babylonian sword , reek- ing with the blood of the brave , smote the unre- sisting from house to house , and ...
... Asiatic city taken by storm , in ancient times , and which the conqueror was determined to brand with exemplary vengeance . The Babylonian sword , reek- ing with the blood of the brave , smote the unre- sisting from house to house , and ...
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... Asiatic plains , in their corrupted state . Their armies , like those of all mountaineers , consisted wholly of infan- try180 ; which , both in ancient and modern times , I am not unacquainted with the objections of M. l'Abbe Fraquier ...
... Asiatic plains , in their corrupted state . Their armies , like those of all mountaineers , consisted wholly of infan- try180 ; which , both in ancient and modern times , I am not unacquainted with the objections of M. l'Abbe Fraquier ...
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... Asiatic potentates , and thereby engage them to enter into his views , he attempted to work upon their fears . He represented to them the danger to which they were exposed from the ambition of the Medes and Persians , united in arms ...
... Asiatic potentates , and thereby engage them to enter into his views , he attempted to work upon their fears . He represented to them the danger to which they were exposed from the ambition of the Medes and Persians , united in arms ...
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... Asiatic courts . Candaules , the last prince of the Herculean race , was so vain of the beauty of his wife's person , that the voluptuous enjoyment of it in private did not seem to him enough . He was willing that the world should be ...
... Asiatic courts . Candaules , the last prince of the Herculean race , was so vain of the beauty of his wife's person , that the voluptuous enjoyment of it in private did not seem to him enough . He was willing that the world should be ...
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... Asiatic coast 188 187 · Croesus , who ascended the throne of Lydia five hundred and sixty - two years before the christian æra , pursued the ambitious designs of his father Alyattes ; and not only subdued the Grecian colo- nies in his ...
... Asiatic coast 188 187 · Croesus , who ascended the throne of Lydia five hundred and sixty - two years before the christian æra , pursued the ambitious designs of his father Alyattes ; and not only subdued the Grecian colo- nies in his ...
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Página 39 - The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar; and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
Página 2 - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations...
Página 39 - ... thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Página 2 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Página 8 - And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
Página 32 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Página 8 - And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died : and Hazael reigned in his stead.
Página 8 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel : their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
Página 7 - So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease ? And Elisha said unto.
Página 7 - And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.